Showing posts with label snowball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowball. Show all posts
Monday, February 21, 2022

Reduce stress in math class -- write a poem

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        Recently I have come across a website for the New England Literary Resources Center -- and one of the suggestions offered for manag...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Filling my coffee cup . . .

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      When I am asked to give a poetry workshop that includes people who have not written poetry, I find that asking them to concentrate on ...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Too soon -- Maryam Mirzakhani taken by cancer

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     The brilliant and celebrated mathematician -- and 2014 Fields Medal Winner -- Maryam Mirzakhani has, on July 14 at age 40, died after ...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Numbers for Christmas . . .

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* o n t o p g i v e l i g h t f r e e l y f o r e v e r a b u n d a n t b r i l l i a n t e v e r y w h e r e LOVE MATH! Christmas ...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Pushkin poetry, Markov chains

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A Markov chain is a mathematical process that can be used to answer questions such as these:           If the current letter I am reading i...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Growing lines . . .

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  Maximizing Meaning (maybe) How many syllables will fit on this single line segment? ______________________________________________...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Star, shine bright!

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* on top give light freely forever abundant brilliant everywhere Be our light! For more visual poetry of Christmas, enjoy a visit t...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Math super-hero

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One day not long ago I told my Silver Spring neighbor, Nancy KapLon (nee Lon), of my interest in helping outstanding math-women to be more ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Math-women -- snowballing . . .

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These syllable-snowball poems (increasing by one syllable from line to line) note a few of the (living) math-women I admire.   They are ...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Visit BRIDGES -- for (art and) poetry

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This growing-then-melting syllable-snowball poem is offered in recognition of mathematician-and-poet Sarah Glaz and as a reminder of the po...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Celebrate Constraints -- Happy Birthday, OULIPO

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Patrick Bahls and Richard Chess of the University of North Carolina at Ashville have organized a " Conference on Constrained Poetry ...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Snowballs -- growing/shrinking lines

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Today's post explores poetic structures called snowballs  developed by the Oulipo (see also March 25 posting ) and known to many throug...